summation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
  2. noun (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce
  3. noun the final aggregate

Etymology

From sum + -ation.

In classic literature

Synonyms

summing up, rundown

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